Juno Spacecraft Gets Closeup Of Jupiter's Red Spot

Mark Carreau July 11, 2017
Credit: Juno: NASA
NASA’s Juno mission spacecraft carried out the closest approach ever to Jupiter’s turbulent Great Red Spot late July 10 during the solar-powered probe’s sixth science flyover of the Solar System’s largest planet. The close-up encounter occurred at 10:07 p.m. EDT, as Juno swept 5,600 mi. over the 10...
Mark Carreau

Mark is based in Houston, where he has written on aerospace for more than 25 years. While at the Houston Chronicle, he was recognized by the Rotary National Award for Space Achievement Foundation in 2006 for his professional contributions to the public understanding of America's space program through news reporting.

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